Odisha Assembly elections 2024: Odisha will go to polling from May 25 in four phases in the upcoming Assembly elections, introduced the Election Commission on Saturday. The counting of votes will happen on June 4.
According to the schedule introduced by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, 28 Assembly seats would go for voting in the fourth section on May 13, polling will likely be held in the following 35 constituencies on May 20. In the sixth section, 42 constituencies would go for voting on May 25 and the identical could be finished for 42 extra constituencies on June 1. Complete Election Coverage
The counting of all constituencies will likely be finished on June 4 and the date earlier than which the elections shall be accomplished is June 4. The dates of difficulty of the gazette notification are from April 18 to May 7 in all four phases respectively. The final dates for making nominations in every consecutive section are from April 25 to May 7.
Lok Sabha election dates introduced
The Election Commission declared the schedule for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on Saturday. The General Elections 2024 for the 18th Lok Sabha will likely be held in 7 phases, beginning from April 19. The outcomes will likely be declared on June 4.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar together with newly-appointed Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu introduced the much-anticipated ballot dates for the 2024 parliamentary polls. With this, the Model Code of Conduct has come into drive.
The first section of the elections will likely be held on April 19 in 21 states and Union Territories, the second section will start on April 26 in 13 states/UTs, third section on May 7 in 12 states/UTs, the fourth section on May 13 in 10 states/UTs, fifth section on May 20 in 8 states/UTs, sixth section on May 25 in 7 states/UTs and the ultimate section on June 1 in 8 states/UTs.
Preparations for upcoming elections
The time period of the current Lok Sabha ends on June 16 and a brand new House has to be constituted earlier than that. The time period of the assemblies in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha is coming to an finish on varied dates in June.
Announcing the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar stated, “We have a total of 96.8 crore electors. We have over 97 crore registered voters, 10.5 lakh polling stations, 1.5 crore polling officials and security staff, 55 lakh EVMs, and 4 lakh vehicles. There are 19.47 crore voters between the age group of 20-29 years”.
Emphasising that there isn’t any place for violence in the elections, the CEC stated that the ECI will take strict motion towards the perpetrators. “There is no place for bloodbath and violence in the elections…From wherever we will receive the information of violence, we will take action against them…” he stated.
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